Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286โ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

